Conscience, Government and War

This book, first published in 1982, is a systematic and detached analysis of the 60,000 British conscientious objectors in the Second World War, forming an examination of the relationship between the individual and the State in time of war.

Rachel Barker

1. Prospects of War: Inter-War Pacifism and the Introduction of Conscription 2. The Tribunals: Their Procedures and Decisions 3. Tribunals in Action: Their Work and an Assessment of It 4. Objectors in Civilian Life: the Unconditionally and Conditionally Exempted Objectors 5. Public Employers and Their Attitude to the Employment of Conscientious Objectors 6. Conscientious Objectors in the Armed Forces and In Prison 7. The Peace Pledge Union and the Central Board for Conscientious Objectors